240Z_Master Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I need to drop in a heater core and an A/C unit. The motor is a KA24DE. Has anyone done this in a 510? I need to check what units are small enough to fit behind the dash, otherwise gotta find some super unique options. Quote Link to comment
qwik510 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I need to drop in a heater core and an A/C unit. The motor is a KA24DE. Has anyone done this in a 510? I need to check what units are small enough to fit behind the dash, otherwise gotta find some super unique options. Vintage Air makes some really nice units. I have one in my 240Z. I used the Gen2 mini. Check out their catalog: http://www.vintageair.com/catalog10/instantflipbook/index.html Quote Link to comment
240Z_Master Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Vintage Air makes some really nice units. I have one in my 240Z. I used the Gen2 mini. Check out their catalog: http://www.vintageai...book/index.html Yeah I heard about Vintageair actually. I'll have to look into it again. Does it still use the compressor that runs off the stock pump? Quote Link to comment
qwik510 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Yeah I heard about Vintageair actually. I'll have to look into it again. Does it still use the compressor that runs off the stock pump? The Vintage Air (VA) unit is the underdash unit with the fan and evaporator. You can use the compressor from most cars and then you need the condensor (part in front of the radiator) and a dryer. Just make sure you get the refrigerant conversion kit if your old compressor runs on R12 as the old seals will need to be changed to run on R134. I used a sanderson compressor and the rest of the stuff came from VA and I had the A/C shop custom make some new lines. Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 . You kinda need to take the whole dash out the remove the heater core ........ . but alot of KA510s use the stock 510 heater core Quote Link to comment
240Z_Master Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 . You kinda need to take the whole dash out the remove the heater core ........ . but alot of KA510s use the stock 510 heater core The car is completely stripped and at the blasters right now. And I don't want to use the stock 510 core because it's all rusted and nasty. Quote Link to comment
240Z_Master Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Naked yummyness Quote Link to comment
DREWSDIME Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 There are a few 510's over in Inland Empire junk yards that have some decent heater cores right now. Quote Link to comment
Peduncular Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I just finished a few months ago putting in a Vintage Air Gen II Compac system in my goon. The Compac system fits and is hardly any bigger than the Mini system and has a little more capacity. I used the stock KA compressor. The heater works really well, the A/C does okay in the Louisiana heat, but I think you are really limited by the condenser size. You can see in the pic below where I mounted the controls in the stock location. Also, the KA compressor interferes with where a KA sway bar would normally reside. I had to make spacers to drop the bar 1" to clear. It is hard to see anything in the picture, but I can take more if you want. Quote Link to comment
240Z_Master Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Nice! I would really like to see how that looks in the engine bay if you have the time. 1 Quote Link to comment
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